I noticed a few weeks ago there was a yum update for a new kernel kernel-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 grub.conf still seems to be using vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.4.1.el6.x86_64 not vmlinuz-2.6.32-220.17.1.el6.x86_64 Not particualry worried, I was just curious if grub.conf needs to be edited? - Ernie.